020-8 Wyo. Code R. § 8-5

Current through April 27, 2019

Section 8-5 - Safety and Environmental Review Panel

(a) Each licensee shall develop a Safety and Environmental Review Panel (SERP). The SERP's purpose is to evaluate changes to the license application, procedures, or physical processes to the criteria in Section 4 of this Chapter and determine if the action can be completed without a license amendment.

(b) The SERP shall consist of, at a minimum, the following three members that are employees of the licensee:

• (i) One member having expertise in management (e.g., Plant Manager). This member shall be responsible for financial approval for changes;

• (ii) One member having expertise in operations or construction. This member shall have responsibility for implementing any operational changes; and

• (iii) One member that is the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) or equivalent. This member shall maintain the responsibility of assuring changes conform to radiation safety and environmental requirements. The Department may approve a qualified contractor to fulfill this role where circumstances prevent the licensee from utilizing a qualified employee. Department approval must be obtained in writing.

(c) Additional members of the SERP may include, as appropriate, individuals to address and assist with technical aspects such as ground or surface water hydrology, specific earth sciences, or other technical disciplines. Temporary or permanent members, other than the three above-specified individuals, may be consultants or contractors.

(d) The licensee shall maintain records of any changes made pursuant to this Chapter until license termination. These records shall include written safety and environmental evaluations made by the SERP that provide the basis for determining changes are in compliance with Section 4 of this Chapter. The licensee shall furnish, in an annual report to the Department, a description of such changes, tests, or experiments, including a summary of the safety and environmental evaluation of each made pursuant to this Chapter. In addition, the licensee shall annually submit to the Department any changed pages, which shall include both a change indicator for the area changed (i.e., a bold line vertically drawn in the margin adjacent to the portion actually changed), and a page change identification (date of change or change number), to the Operations Plan and Reclamation Plan of the most updated approved license application to reflect changes made under this condition.

(e) All SERP evaluations shall be made available to the Department during site inspections. The Department may review all the SERP evaluations to ensure that it concurs with the conclusions. In events where the Department disagrees with the conclusions of a SERP, an amendment application will be required. The Department may take enforcement action or issue penalties as necessary relative to the SERP evaluations.

020-8 Wyo. Code R. § 8-5

Adopted, Eff. 9/8/2017.